Officials talk about potential Medicaid expansion elimination
In an executive order recently filed by Bevin, he directed his administration to end the state's Medicaid benefits for those in the expansion if the courts strike down any part of his Medicaid work requirement plan.
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"Any change to the system, you know, could be detrimental or it could be advantageous and I'm not really sure, we'll have to wait and see," he said.
For local hospitals, Rust said there is potential that revoking the Medicaid expansion could increase the bad debt they have.
"If the court would strike down work requirement or cancel expansion a lot of it would be factored on how (Bevin) would eliminate the whole program and how it would actually be structured after that," said Rust.
Oakley said he currently does not have much information on the Medicaid work requirement, noting the one thing providers need to know for sure when they see a patient is that there is some way of telling if they still qualify for Medicaid.
Even though the work requirement is still in its early stages, Oakley believes it will be a success and said he thought it was a good move for the state.
"It's worth a try, it really is. Time will only tell us if it's going to work or not but something's gotta give somewhere," he said.
Oakley also said he felt the work requirement is fair, explaining Medicaid is good insurance to have.
"To require a little something to kind of be in the game like the governor said makes you feel a little better about it. It's just like if you have a job and you're working you feel better when you make that paycheck then if you're not and I think it'll give people a little bit more pride," he said, adding it may also make citizens give more thought into visiting the doctor or going to the hospital as often as they normally do.
Oakley continued, saying there is going to be a lot of changes down the road within the next year or two years that are going to involve Medicaid and health insurance.
"It's time we do something about all of these things now so there won't be a problem all the time," he said.
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